Overview
- Provides an essential, comprehensive understanding of the space tourism industry
- Gives insight and awareness of the various facets of the new space age
- Describes the mission architectures and enabling technologies of the primary Suborbital and Orbital companies
- Explains the medical requirements for Suborbital and Orbital spaceflight participants
- Assesses in detail the future of space tourism based on current technologies, such as the Moon and Mars missions
- Provides for the first time essential training material for private spaceflight participants
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Recent surveys have provided new and updated information into public insights of the nascent space tourism industry. Erik Seedhouse uniquely explores in detail the cutting-edge technologies, spacecraft capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that will define this commercial enterprise and also provides a manual for future suborbital and orbital private space explorers. This overview of the space tourism market is based upon choices the spaceflight participant must make, such as choice of agency, mode and spaceport. A detailed explanation is given of the medical requirements for spaceflight participants, with special reference to potential waiver criteria. Over half of the book is a comprehensive astronaut training/instructional manual that addresses each of the 15 subjects required for suborbital and orbital flight.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Tourists in Space is a unique book, and its subtitle ‘A Practical Guide’ hints at what is inside. … If you are interested in the physiological side of spaceflight then this book is for you … ." (Nick Quinn, Astronomy Now, August, 2008)
"Tourists in Space: A Practical Guide … look at suborbital and orbital space tourism, particularly for those people considering signing up for a ride into space. … the book goes into considerable detail about what sort of training prospective spaceflight participants (to use the official FAA terminology, as Seedhouse does in the book) should undergo, and why. … a good investment to see what they’re getting into." (Jeff Foust, National Space Society, July, 2008)
"Seedhouse’s book is an enthusiastic foray into the ‘adventurpreneurial’ world of space tourism. … The book begins with an exciting account of the flight of SpaceshipOne, the X Prize-winning 2004 flight … . Topics include current space tourism companies, which types of space planes or rockets are likely to be safest, the variety of training regimens that may be required, and what to expect during suborbital and orbital flights. … It is a good read for armchair astronauts, too. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers/libraries." (T. D. Oswalt, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), August, 2008)
"This book sets out to give readers an account of the range of possibilities likely to become available in the next few years – and what they would be letting themselves in for. … The author writes with a good balance of enthusiasm and caution. … Altogether, he has provided a useful tourist guide … for potential and armchair travellers." (Peredur Williams, The Observatory, Vol. 128 (1206), October, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tourists in Space
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide
Authors: Erik Seedhouse
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74644-9
Publisher: Praxis New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Praxis 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-74643-2Published: 11 March 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-74644-9Published: 16 April 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 314
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Medicine/Public Health, general, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)